Combination-tool.



No. 725,651. PATENTED APR. 2l, 1903.

' G. L. BAKER.

COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T.Z0. 1900.

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:PATENTED 'APR'. 21, 1903.,

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UNITED STATES,Y

PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT L. BAKER, oF WATERFoED, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATloN-Tool..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Naf/25,651, dated Apri1l21, 1903. p'plioation filed October 20, 190i). Serial No. 33,756. (No model.) 1

To all whom, it may concern:

Beitlknown that LGILBERTLBAKER@ ein.'

zen of the United-States, residing at Waterford, in the county of Stanislaus and State of California, have invented a new and useful Combination-Tool, of which the following is a specification. 1

My presentinvention relates to a novel combination-tool, and has for its object the production of a device for repairing harness and includingin a single structure the several appliances which are necessary for effecting the repair of any portion of Y"the harness which may be accidentally broken or deranged.

Considered in a more specific aspect the invention consists in combining in a single tool an adjustable leather-cutting device to facilitate the formation of a splice-for instance, a leather perforator or punch--a rivetset for pressing the bur to its proper place upon its rivet after the latter has been passed through the openings in the leather, arivetnipper for severing the surplus end of the rivet after the bur has been applied, and an upsetting-die for heading or upsetting the end of the rivet behind the bur to complete the repair, the device in its entirety beingV constructed in the form of a hammer, which may be used as such and upon which the various elements or organizations of the toolv are aggrouped.

To the accomplishment of these objects and others ywhich will hereinafter more fully appear, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described,illnstrated in the accompanying drawings, and defined in the'y appended claims.

Referring to said drawings, Figure 1 is a' Figs.

side elevation ofmy device complete. 2 and 3 are front and rear elevations thereof. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section on the line 4t 'l of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the head on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1, illustrating in dotted lines the folded position of the cutter. Fig. 7 is a view of the handle extension removed and fitted with the collar-needle. Fig. 8 is a view of the head with the cutter-slide reversed. Fig. 9 is a transverse'sectional view on the line 9 9 of Fig. l.

Referring to the numerals employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views, l indicates the head, which in general form resembles the head of an ordinary hammer and is provided with a handle 2, attached in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by the threaded stud 3, screwed into a socket 4, formed in the head. In one side face of the head l is formed a longitudinal slide-recess 5 for the reception of the cutter-slide 6,carrying at one end a foldable cutter 7, designed to be adjusted in accordance with a series of graduations or scale 8 to adapt the device for cutting leather strips of any desired dimensions. The adjustment of the cutter is relative to a fixed guide 9 outstanding from the face of the head at one end, and it is designed to be iixed in its adjusted position by means of a thumb-screw 10, having a threaded shank l1 passed through the head and through a lon gitudinal slot 12in the slide 6 for connection with a clamping-plate 13,disposed against the outer face of the slide to clamp the latter against the bottom of the recess 5, and thereby hold the cutter 7 against accidental displacement. The cutter 7,` which is reversible, is also designed tobe folded down upon the slide when not in use, and is therefore pivotally mounted upon a transverse pintle 114., extending across ay recess at the front end of the slide and'piercing a lug l5, extending from the bottom of the cutter and preferably of .rectangular cross sectional contour, as shown in Fig. 2, in order that its flat under face 16 will normally be disposed against the bottom of the recess 5 to prevent the accidental pivotal movement of the cutter when .the latter is organized for use, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to fold the cutter, it is simply necessary to move the slide longitudinally until the lug l5 passes beyond the head, when, as will be obvious, the cutter may be turned down upon the slide and thelatter returned to its normal position, in which it will be impossible for the cutter to move back to its unfolded position until the slide has again been drawn longitudinally, as already described. lf it should be desired to adj ust the cutter to a point very near the guide 9 as, for instance, to facilitate the cutting of exceedingly-narrow stripsthe thumb-screw 10 is rotated to loosen the clamping-plate 13,

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which latter is then given quarter-turn to aline it ywith the slot l2 inthe slide. The slide may now be withdrawn from the recess and reversed to bring the cutter at the end of the slide adjacent to the guide, after which the clamping-plate may be returned to its normal position for kthe purpose of fixing the slide inany position to which it may have been adjusted. In this manner the head 1 not only constitutes a hammer, but is furthermore employed as the base-plate or holder of a cutter, and it serves still another function inasmuch as it constitutes the support for a fixed nipper-jaw 17, which may be either integral or in the form of a steel plate set into the recess in the side face of the head l opposite the cutter and secured by a screw 18. The other or movable nipper-jaw 19 is carried by a pivoted member 20, mounted upon a pivot-bolt 21 and comprising an elongated nipper handle or lever 22, which normally lies within a recess 23, formed in the side face of thehandle 2, and is secured when not in use by a turn-button 24, mounted upon the handle 2 and provided with arecess 25 at one edge, which in one position of the button will permit the withdrawal of the nipperhandle from its recess for the purpose of facilitating the operation of the nippers. Aside from this function as the nipper-actuating member the handle or lever 22 serves as a cover-plate for a needle-pocket26, formed in the bottom wall of the recess 23 and designed to receive the collar or harness needle 27, which is only removable after the handle 22 has been swung away from the handle 2. The manner in which'this needle is'employed will be explained hereinafter.

As shown in Fig'fl of the drawings, the nipper--that is to say, the cutting or nipping jaws thereof-are located in the rear of the handle 2, and they are disposed beyond that side of said handle opposite the side upon which the nipper handle or lever 22 is disposed. This relative arrangement is followed in order to permit the mounting of a leather perforatingor punching device upon the front face of the handle 2, where its proper function will not be interfered with by the moving parts of the nipper mechanism. The punching device comprises a tubular guide 28, formed, as shown, with a pair of ears 29, bolted to theopposite sides of a bracket 30, extending from the front face of the handle. Within this guide is designed to reciprocate the upper cylindrical end 31 of the punchcarrier 32, formed at its rear end with an angularly-disposed lug 33, extending between and eccentrically pivoted to a pair of circular bearing-ears 34, which embrace the lower end of the bracket 30 and are pivoted thereto by means of a pintle 35. The ears 34 are formed by bifurcating the upper end of a punchlever 36, designed normally' to lie flush with the surface of the handle 2 within a recess in the front face thereof and to be secured, like the nipper-handle 22, by means of a turnbutton'37. It will now appear that when the punch-handle 36 is swung away from the handle 2 or stock of the device the punch-carrier 32 will be reciprocated toward or from the head 1. This movement is utilized to eect the punching operation by mounting a punch or die 38 upon the carrier 32, which latter is provided in its outer face with a longitudinal recess 39, within which is secured the shank 40 of the punch. The lower end of the shank 40 is seated against a shoulder 4l, formed at the lower end of the carrier 32, and the detachment of the'shank is prevented by means of a screw 42, passed through it and into the carrier 32. The mutilation of the head by the end of the punch or die is prevented by inlaying a copper or other hard-metal dieplate 43 in the under face of the head, as shown.

To the lower end of the handle 2 is secured a handle extension 44, formed adjacent to its lower extremity with a rivet-set 45 and with an upsetting-recess 46, it being the purpose of these parts of the device to set the bur of the rivet and to upset the rivet end after the leather has been spliced .and perforated for the reception of the rivet and after the extremity of the latter has been cut away by the manipulation of the nipper. The use of the rivet-set and upsetting-recess is facilitated by the detachability of the extension 44, as the latter is thus removed from the hammer, which may be used to strike a blow upon the extension for the purpose of setting the rivetbur or of upsetting the end of the rivet, as the case may be. The manner of effecting this detachable connection between the extension 44 and the end of the handle is susceptible lot wide variation; butl I prefer to form the upper end of the extension with a concave seat or socket 47 for the reception of the convex end 4S of the handle, the latter being provided with a notched tongue 49, designed to extendintoa longitudinal recess 50, formed in the handle extension and opening at its upper end through the bottom of the socket 47. Upon one side of the extension is mounted a spring-catch plate 5l, provided 'with a catch 52, extending through the wall Vof the handle extension and received within the notch of the tongue 49 to prevent the accidental ldetachment of the handle extension when the device is in use. Aside from the utility of the handle extension 44 as a rivetset and upsetting-die it is constructed in the peculiar manner stated in orderto equip it as a tool -holder--as, for instance, for the needle 27, the shank of 'which is provided with a notch 53, designed to be engaged by the catch 52 for the purpose of holding the needle firmly in the handle extension, which latter in this event constitutes a handle for the needle and may in similar manner be fitted with another character cf Asmall implemen't or tool-such as an awl, burnisher,&c.- which it might be desirable to employ in co'nnection with the manufacture or repair of IOO IIO

harness. In some instances also it may be particularly desirable to provide a tool of the general nature of a chisel for bending or spreading or otherwise manipulating the metal parts of the harness-as, for instance, the buckles thereofand I have accordingly formed a chisel 54 at the upper end of the handle extension 44 and at one end of the concave socket 47, the adjacent portion of the handle 2 being provided with a correspondingly-shaped recess 55 for the reception of the chisel when tHe handle extension is secured in place in the manner stated.

Assuming the device to be organized as illustrated in Fig. 1, its mode of use in effecting the repair of harness is as follows: The cutter 7 is first adjusted to a suitable distance from the gage or guide 9 to permit the cutting of a strip of leather of the desired width or to permit the cutting and shaping of the ends of strips already obtained. The device is then used as a cutter and is manipulated through the medium of the handle 2. The leather ends or pieces to be connected are then perforated either separately or simultaneously by placing them over the die-plate 43 and drawing the punch handle or lever outwardly to cause the punch or die 38 to pass through the leather,and thereby produce suitable openings for the reception of a rivet. The rivet is then passed through the openings in the lever and the bur or cap is slipped to place. The operator now draws back the catch-plate 5l to release the handle extension 44 and passes the end of the rivet projecting beyond the bur into the rivetset of the extension. The head I of the tool is now used as a hammer, and a light blow is struck on the side of the handle extension opposite the set. The effect of this will be to drive the bur close against the side o i-the leather and to compress the layers of the latter between the bur and the head of the rivet. The eXtension is now removed from the shank of the rivet, and the surplus end of the latter is placed between the jaws of the nipper and is severed by swinging the handle 22 of the movable nipper-jaw in the direction of the handle 2 of the hammer. The surplus end of the shank having thus been removed, the repair is completed by placing the upsettingrecess 46 of the handle extension 44 over the end of the rivet-shank, which is'upset or spread to prevent the removal of the bur by striking a light blow upon the handle extension with the hammer. The extension may now be secured to the handle in the manner shown, orii' it is desired to use the needle 27 the extension may be used as a handle therefor, as shown in Fig. 7. In like manner the buckles of the harness may be opened to secure the attachment of leather loops by the use of the chisel 54.

It will thus appear that I have produced a simple, ingenious, and eiective device, designed particularly as an emergency repairkit, which 'may be used to effect the prompt repair of harness-as, for instance, in the `event of an accident at a point removed from skilled assistance; but while the present embodiment of my invention is believed at this time to be preferable I wish to reserve the right to effect such changes, modifications, and variations as may be promptly comprehended within the scope of the protection prayed.

What I claim is- 1. In a harness-repair tool, the combination with a handle or stock and a head carried thereby and provided with a fixed nipper-jaw and a fixed punch-die at opposite sides of the stock, of a pivoted nipper-jaw in coperative relation with the fixed nipper-jaw, and provided with a handle disposed normally upon the face of the stock, a reeiprocatory punchcarrier mounted to one lside of the stock, a punch-die mounted upon said carrier in cooperative relation with the fixed die carried by the head, and a punch-lever operatively connected with the punch-carrier and disposed to lie against the face of the stock but disposed in a plane in angular relation to the handle of the nipper-jaw.

2. In a harness-repair tool, the combination with a head provided with a longitudinal recess, of an adjustable slide therein, and a cutter pivotally mounted upon the slide and provided with a flat face disposed againstthe bottom ofthe recess to prevent the accidental folding of the cutter.

3. In a harness-repair tool, the combination with a recessed head provided with a gage and with graduations, of a cutter-slide movable within the recess, a pivoted cutter carried by the slide, means for retaining the slidein its adjusted position, and other means for retaining the cutter in its folded or unfolded position, as the case may be.

4. In a harness-repair tool, the combination with a recessed head, of a slotted slide mov- -able in the recess, a cutter carried by the slide, a clamping-plate disposed against the face of the slide and arranged to pass through the slide when alined with the slot therein to permit reversal of the cutter, and means for drawing the clamping-plate against the slide to retain it in its adjusted positions.

5. In a harness-repair tool, the combination with a handle and head, of abracket extending from the handle, a tubular guide carried by the bracket, a punch-carrier movable in the guide, a punch-lever mounted upon the bracket and having eccentric pivotal connection with the carrier, and a punch-die arranged to be projected against the head and having its shank secured to the carrier at a point below the guide.

6. In a harness-repair tool, the combination with a handle and head provided with a nipper-jaw, of a pivoted nipper-jaw carried by the stock and provided with an extended handle disposed in a recess therein, and a pocket formed in the bottom of said recess and de- IOO IIO

signed to be `covered by the handle of the nipper-jaw. g

7. In a harnessrepairtool,'the combination with ahandle havinga convex end and a head, ofl ahandle extension provided with a concave socket and with a longitudinal recess, a

, notched vtongue extending from `thehandle 'and'designed to enter 4the longitudinal recess sideof the head at opposite sides of the handle, a movable nippel' -jaw and a movable punch-die carried by the handle, and disposed in cooperative relation with the fixed nipperjaw and xed punch-die respectively, and actuating devices for the movable vnipper-jaw and Athe .movablepuneh-die, said actuating devices being-mounted for movement in different directions lto prevent'their interference. In .testimony rthat I claim'the foregoing as my own I have hereto afli'xed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Y G. L. BAKER. Witnesses:

JOHN H.-SIGGERS, E. G. SIGGERS. 

